The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk - parodic fantasy tactical RPG - now with Back to the Futon DLC

[gurugeorge]

For those of you who've tried several of the optional PCs, which one did you think was the most useful in combat ? I picked the paladin and she's okay, but she doesn't really stand out. I'll pick one of the other two when I retry the game on Nightmare difficulty. Probably the priestess (more healing sounds like a good idea), unless the minstrel turns out to have some really useful powers.

I've played a bit of all three, they're all useful and effective, but the Priestess is probably the most useful all-round - though she's not really a crutch "healer" so much as a hybrid healer first and damage dealer second (whereas the mage and archer are the other way round - primarily damage dealers, secondarily healers). The Paladin is really useful as an extra tank - actually very powerful I think, with that riposte thingy. The Minstrel I have least experience with, but it strikes me that he's mainly a CC specialist.

 

[Nortar]

For those of you who've tried several of the optional PCs, which one did you think was the most useful in combat ? I picked the paladin and she's okay, but she doesn't really stand out. I'll pick one of the other two when I retry the game on Nightmare difficulty. Probably the priestess (more healing sounds like a good idea), unless the minstrel turns out to have some really useful powers.

In my opinion, the paladin is the least useful of the three.
She does not bring anything unique.
And even without the paladin, my melee line was already overcrowded enough to restrict usage of AoE attacks.

The Minstrel has access to a wide area stun early on, so he looks pretty useful from the get go.

And the Priestess is the best.
She is a ranged character, so can stand wherever you need her.
Besides healing, which is very important on higher difficulties, she can buff and nuke pretty decently.
Oh, and her haughty attitude reminds me of Lilura.

 

[Desiderius]

My intuition is that the Minstrel buff is sneaky good but I ended up quitting right after the fight where he gets his good instrument so can’t confirm.

He needs to be in melee to set up AoE and as has been said melee overcrowded. Maybe I had Barb ranged?

I’d need to come back and try another run.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Oh, and her haughty attitude reminds me of Lilura.

The peasant you quoted plays current gen TB games, such as the ones Larian makes.

There is a yawning gulf between current gen TB accessibility and the accessibility of Jagged Alliance 2, Silent Storm and ToEE, which would break the peasant's brain.

Not in my era, and not in my genre. You come off as a console peasant the way you're harping on. Indeed, I'd go so far as to say that you're starting to sound like Fluent, Falksi and jRPGers.

Indeed, I'd go so far as to say that Diablo approaches the quality of a well-coded SHMUP. And if Diablo's bullet-hell didn't remind you of SHMUPs, then you're a peasant of gaming.

Checks out.

 

[Bara]

Out of curiosity did anyone else choose to go with orignal cast members only or am I so far the only one that skipped recruiting one of the three.

I figured since doing normal first I'd do that and then when I play the game on a harder difficulty take one of them.

 

[KateMicucci]

I took no extras and it feels fine. It doesn't feel like the party is missing anything.

 

[Antigoon]

I actually played the minstrel, but not the others. So can't really compare. It takes a bit of effort to set him up and you cannot just spam his spells without it , with him especially its a lot about the right positioning. He also hits surprisingly hard in melee, but is very very squishy. That's his main weakness, he kinda has to be at the front but can't get hit. I used him for final blows and otherwise I tried to protect him with a AoO maze of other melee fighters.

 

[Rincewind]

Out of curiosity did anyone else choose to go with orignal cast members only or am I so far the only one that skipped recruiting one of the three.

I figured since doing normal first I'd do that and then when I play the game on a harder difficulty take one of them.

That might be a better choice on normal. I hired the priestess and when I switched back to normal difficulty from epic for a few of the harder initial fights, things have become just way too easy and strangely unsatisfying. So limiting yourself to the base party on normal might make things a bit more challenging and interesting.

I actually recommend you to give it a go on epic. The comrades here gave me some really good tips on tactics a few pages back that were super useful, highly recommended to read those if you're like me. Now I'm much better and I'm thoroughly enjoying the difficult fights with no reloads so far.

Btw, it seems to me that the game was balanced for epic difficulty. Normal seems to scale down the HPs and damages and also dumbs down the AI too much (e.g. it seems to intentionally miss a lot of backstabbing opportunities).

 

[Rincewind]

Checks out.

The priestess is more fun, though. Probably looks better too.

 

[Rincewind]

Btw, about that screenshot, I really wish devs would stop using that horrible chromatic aberration post processing crap. Luckily it can be turned off, that was the first thing I did when I started playing.

No professional lens is doing that shit (or just very minimally, usually you can only see it if you really zoom in on the extreme edges). Why would people want to make a game look like as if it was "filmed" with the cheapest Polaroid camera???

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

The priestess is more fun, though. Probably looks better too.

 

[Desiderius]

Minstrel is nice combo with Ogre. Minstrel buff is perfect for the Big Guy who otherwise has poor Precision and Parry/Dodge, and Minstrel gets +4 Protection when adjacent to Ogre. Ogre taunt keeps heat off Minstrel and lowers Resists to Minstrels Stun.

Doing a new run to refamiliarize myself with the game. Barb getting Impact Bonus from adjacency to Wiz and using Bow and Shout. We'll see how that goes.

 

[Rincewind]

Just got to this part when the shopkeeper chicks trolls the priestess. Very correct, very proper

 

[Nortar]

Looks like there's a DLC coming out on May 25.

We have some good news about The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk to share with you. We all already miss our favorite unlikely heroes... That’s why they will come back for a new adventure! The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos will get a complete DLC: Ruins of Limits coming May 25th.

Whether it is above or under ground, explore the Dungeon and fight the zombies who invaded it.
Which camp will you choose? The Necromancers? The Vampires?
You’re the only one who can decide. Our favorite heroes are waiting for you to attack the dungeon infested by the living dead!

An amazing adventure with many laughs: you will have no time to get bored with them! Dive into the new zany adventure of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk with Necromancers and Vampires, lead the least qualified adventurers of the whole Land of Fangh to victory despite their lack of abilities, and make them, through continued efforts and hardships, the most unlikely heroes of all times.

 

[Infinitron]

Also new update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/970830/view/3120406755535952072

The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos - New Update
A new update is released on PC today and Mac tomorrow!

The game continues to improve thanks to its developers who always want to give you the best game they can.
A new major Update will be launched today, with new contents, some improvements and corrections of bugs. You will enjoy even more the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk after it!

More details about the correction in “Progression in the game and success”:

• Chapter 2 which is not triggered unless you activate the Wheel of Misfortune lever in Chapter 1
  
• Blockages in some situations in the last stage of the marauders' quest

More details about the correction in “Skills and combat”:

• Blocking if a Dwarf's throw fails critically
  
• Blocking if a character making a double attack kills his target on the first hit but the second hit succeeds on a parry roll
  
• Blocking in certain cases if the Paladin retaliates
  
• Blocking if an enemy dies from periodic damage while performing a charged attack
  
• Blocking if a frozen character succeeds in a parry roll
  
• Blocking if you use Crôm's Force on the square where the Barbarian is located
  
• Blocking due to send back states and damage transfer
  
• Blocking due to invocations

Many other fixes have been made with this new update to always guarantee a better gaming experience

 

[Watser]

My game keeps crashing in the fight against the books in Zangdar's library.
Anyone had issue with this before or bug in new patch?

 

[gurugeorge]

My game keeps crashing in the fight against the books in Zangdar's library.
Anyone had issue with this before or bug in new patch?

Hmm, I didn't have a crash, but there was some notable hitching at times with the books.

 

[Rincewind]

How the fuck can you guys win the second Wheel of Fortune fight??? I've read all the tips about it in the thread already, but that doesn't help much. With the previous tips I've improved my tactics enough that I was able to beat every other fight on Epic, but this seems soooo over the top. I'm probably on my 6th retry, spent most of the whole day on this already... No matter what I try, the heavily overpowered enemies just keep decimating me. Then if half the party is already unconscious, it's a lost cause.

 

[Watser]

How the fuck can you guys win the second Wheel of Fortune fight??? I've read all the tips about it in the thread already, but that doesn't helped much. With the previous tips I've improved my tactics enough that I was able to beat every other fight on Epic, but this seems soooo over the top. I'm probably on my 6th retry, spent most of the whole day on this already... No matter what I try, the heavily overpowered enemies just keep decimating me. Then if half the party is already unconscious, it's a lost cause.

Yeah that fight was a difficulty spike. Make sure to stunlock the boss who charms, she's the most dangerous enemy but has low saving throws. The goblin is annoying but not much more than that.

Gonna start a playthrough on nightmare until the game (hopefully) stops crashing on my epic run, and I am 100% dreading this fight.

 

[PanDupa]

How the fuck can you guys win the second Wheel of Fortune fight??? I've read all the tips about it in the thread already, but that doesn't help much. With the previous tips I've improved my tactics enough that I was able to beat every other fight on Epic, but this seems soooo over the top. I'm probably on my 6th retry, spent most of the whole day on this already... No matter what I try, the heavily overpowered enemies just keep decimating me. Then if half the party is already unconscious, it's a lost cause.

What level is your team? Maybe there is some side quests you missed and can level up?

 

[Rincewind]

What level is your team? Maybe there is some side quests you missed and can level up?

Level 4/5 and I believe I've done all the sidequests so far.

 

[PanDupa]

What level is your team? Maybe there is some side quests you missed and can level up?

Level 4/5 and I believe I've done all the sidequests so far.

Well then there is just a hope for good rolls. What helped me was equipping all characters with health potions so they can pick each other up, focusing on left side of the map, killing girl first then other enemies except goblin which I killed last. The good news is that if you manage to beat this fight, you probably won't have any more problems, as this and goblin golems fights are the most difficult one in the game

 

[Rincewind]

Well then there is just a hope for good rolls. What helped me was equipping all characters with health potions so they can pick each other up, focusing on left side of the map, killing girl first then other enemies except goblin which I killed last. The good news is that if you manage to beat this fight, you probably won't have any more problems, as this and goblin golems fights are the most difficult one in the game

Thanks for the tips. I've spent half of today trying to beat it on Epic with this exact same strategy. Now I said, fuck it, I'm not masochistic enough for this, so just beat it on Normal on the first attempt... (but barely surviving)

 

[Antigoon]

You are really giving up too easily. Take a break, come back to it tomorrow and beat it. It's far from impossible

 

[Desiderius]

Game is a good cure for reloaditis if you let it be. Totally normal to have half the team knocked out then come back to win the fight.